Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Inspired: Honeymoon Essentials

{wedding candy}You know what I think every girl needs after months of planning one of her life's biggest, most-worth-it-but-most-exhausting events? A vacation. Hopefully, you're getting one! Relaxing on your honeymoon can be just what the doctor ordered and such a special time.

Packing necessities can vary from place to place, depending where you two are headed, but what basics are you bringing?

I'm a lazy traveler. I don't like lugging around tons of stuff, so I try and pack things that can multitask. Hands down, I think the best item for a beach vacation is a big, colorful sarong that can pull double duty and beyond (there are some great ones here!). Besides a cover-up, it can be a scarf, a head wrap, a blanket, a skirt for dinner (maybe with the help of a few safety pins), and in a pinch, a beach towel.

Aside from bringing a giant piece of fabric, one of my other travel musts is plenty of jewelry, which can change up your basic outfits and takes up less space than extra clothes, and another is a journal I keep especially for trips. It's fun to write down the details of each day--I'm always surprised by the small things I forget about when I'm back home and I reread what we've written! I think your honeymoon would be the perfect time to start a book of your adventures.

And, don't forget practical things like sunscreen and batteries for your camera, and pretty things like the lacy numbers above!

Great post! My husband and I went on an amazing Mediterranean cruise (Italy, Turkey and Greece) for our honeymoon, and I really wished I would have brought along a cute hat! After getting horribly sunburned in Venice-including my scalp, ugh-that really would have come in handy. For the ladies who are cruising on your honeymoons, you will want to bring 1-2 formal dresses for the formal nights on the cruise. I ended up bringing a gown I wore to my husband's military ball a few months earlier, and a maxi dress. It was perfect and didn't take up too much room in my suitcase. :)

What a fun post! We were hoping to get a newlywed blessing from Pope Benedict in Italy, but if it all works out, we will hopefully get to go to an audience to get a blessing from the new pope! Rome is my favorite city ever and we're thinking someplace beachy too, like Capri or Amalfi.

I want to bring pretty sundresses/maxi dresses and cute, practical flats. I can't sight see in heels like some talented ladies can. =)

That's so special, Mary! I've heard some crazy stories of couples who had to sprint to make it up to the front of the audience, but I'm absolutely SURE it's worth it! Amalfi is on my dream vacation list, too!